Early Childhood Higher Education Program Enhancement Institute Tacoma Community College October 2, 2015 8:30am – 4:00pm

Welcome and Introductions Name Institution(s) One essential capability for early childhood graduates of the future

Our goal Agenda/objectives What’s in packet This Not this

Schedule Work Eat and work

Questions

Background - Crosswalks

Essential Frameworks Evidence-based practices Culturally and linguistically responsive approaches Effective professional development

Tacoma Community College

Essential Frameworks Evidence-based practices Inclusion Developmentally appropriate practice Effective professional development

Evidence-Based Practices Evidence-based practice is a decision-making process that integrates the best available research evidence with family and professional wisdom and values. (Buysse & Wesley, 2006; Buysse, Wesley, Snyder, & Winton, 2006)

Inclusion Inclusion Access Participation Supports

Supporting Change and Reform in Preservice Teaching in North Carolina Access The first feature is access. Providing access to a wide range of learning opportunities, activities, settings, and environments is a defining feature of high quality inclusion in early childhood. SCRIPT-NC Supporting Change and Reform in Preservice Teaching in North Carolina

Supporting Change and Reform in Preservice Teaching in North Carolina Participation The second feature is participation. Even if environments and programs are designed to facilitate access, some children may need additional individualized accommodations and supports to participate fully in early learning experiences. Adults promote belonging, participation, and engagement for children with and without disabilities in a variety of intentional ways. Not only do young children need supports; but in order for inclusion to be successful, there must be an infrastructure of supports for the adults who work with the children. SCRIPT-NC Supporting Change and Reform in Preservice Teaching in North Carolina

Supporting Change and Reform in Preservice Teaching in North Carolina Supports The third defining feature is supports. In order for inclusion to work in community settings such as classrooms and homes, certain systems-level supports must be in place. These supports include: professional development to ensure that practitioners and families have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to implement inclusive practices resources and policies to promote opportunities for communication and collaboration among professionals and families structures in place to help integrate and coordinate special services with general early childhood services and standards that address program quality and professional competencies So, you have heard the definition of inclusion. For more information contained in the position statement go to the link on the resources and references slide at the end of this presentation. SCRIPT-NC Supporting Change and Reform in Preservice Teaching in North Carolina

Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Effective Professional Development Knowledge acquisition + application

Phase 1: Values Clarification Identify partners Establish values and vision

Identifying Partners

Clarifying a Vision Identify the knowledge, skills, and dispositions you want your graduates to have when they leave your program

Graduate of the Future

Course Deconstruction in Progress

What’s the context/gist for this course? Who takes the course? Where does it fall in your sequence? What are the major concepts you want students to take away? What values do you want to underscore?

Non-negotiables? Course number and title Course description Student learning outcomes/objectives

Instructional Sequence 1 2 3

Check your assignments

Check your assignment alignment

Reconstruction

Phase 3. Program Deconstruction/Reconstruction Field experiences Overall program alignment

The wisdom of your peers What has the process been like for your program? What difference has it made for faculty? For students? What advice would you give someone who is embarking on the program enhancement process?

Resources to support the process http://scriptnc.fpg.unc.edu/script-nc-nc-community-college-summit-october-1-2-2014

What will you do next? http://scriptnc.fpg.unc.edu/script-nc-nc-community-college-summit-october-1-2-2014

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